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Need another word that means the same as “nomad”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “nomad” in this overview.

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Nomad as a Noun
Definitions of "Nomad" as a noun
Synonyms of "Nomad" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Nomad" as a noun
Associations of "Nomad" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Nomad” are: itinerant, traveller, migrant, wanderer, wayfarer, roamer, rover, gypsy, bedouin

Nomad as a Noun

Definitions of "Nomad" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nomad” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer.
A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
A member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home.

Synonyms of "Nomad" as a noun (9 Words)

bedouin	A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs.
gypsy	A member of a people originating in South Asia and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and North and South America and speaking a language (Romani) that is related to Hindi; a Romani person. Why should she choose to wander the world with a penniless gypsy* like me.*
itinerant	A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment. Itinerant traders.
migrant	An animal that migrates.
roamer	Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
rover	A player who has a rover ball. A lunar rover.
traveller	A member of a community traditionally having an itinerant way of life, in particular an Irish Traveller. Business travellers.
wanderer	A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine. He is a longtime seaman a rootless wanderer.
wayfarer	A traveler going on a trip.

Usage Examples of "Nomad" as a noun

The withering of their grasslands forced the nomads of the Sahara to descend into the Nile valley.
Dolly was a nomad who had finally taken root in Hawaii.
The nomads who roam the borderlands of Afghanistan.
The Magyars were a nomad people of the steppes.

Associations of "Nomad" (30 Words)

agrarian	Relating to rural matters. The agrarian* reforms.*
aimlessly	Without aim; in an aimless manner. We wandered aimlessly* round Venice.*
beggar	Reduce to beggary. This beggars description.
countryside	The inhabitants of countryside areas. The political influence of the countryside* remains strong.*
cow	Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats. What does he see in that cow.
cowhand	A person employed to tend cattle or to run a ranch.
drift	Be carried slowly by a current of air or water. The pilot had not noticed any appreciable drift.
farming	Relating to farming or agriculture. Land was enclosed for arable farming.
gad	Go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure. He had heard that I was gadding about with an airline stewardess.
gallivant	Go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment. She quit her job to go gallivanting around the globe.
idyll	An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. The rural idyll* remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies.*
itinerant	A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment. Itinerant labor.
ministry	Building where the business of a government ministry is transacted. The soldiers were no less in need of his ministry.
nomadic	Living the life of a nomad; wandering. Nomadic herdsmen.
pastoral	(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. Pastoral and doctrinal issues.
peripatetic	Aristotelian. The peripatetic* nature of military life.*
ramble	Walk for pleasure in the countryside. Roses climbed rambled hung over walls.
rambling	Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. Scott s letter was long and rambling.
roam	Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area. Did you get to explore the city or have a roam* around Bath.*
rove	(of a person’s eyes) look in changing directions in order to see something thoroughly. A new exhibit will electrify campuses on its national rove.
rover	A player who has a rover ball. A lunar rover.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. An economy that is basically rural.
stray	An animal that has strayed especially a domestic animal. A stray* dog.*
vagabond	Wander about as or like a vagabond. Pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea.
wander	An act or instance of wandering. Her mind wanders.
wanderer	Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life. He is a longtime seaman a rootless wanderer.
wandering	Travelling about without any clear destination. The river followed its wandering* course.*
yeoman	A member of the yeomanry force.